Eleventh-hour negotiations are delaying the release of Congress’s annual defense bill, a sweeping policy blueprint for the Pentagon that leadership hopes to pass in the next two weeks. The National Defense Authorization Act was slated for release on Thursday, teeing up a final vote before the end of the year. But that timeline has slipped […]

The original conception of a Saudi Arabia–Israel rapprochement was roughly akin to a blockbuster three-way trade in professional sports, with the United States significantly involved, as well as the oil-rich de facto leader of the Arab world and the Jewish state. Think the epic Feb. 2 NBA deal, when the Utah Jazz got 2025 second-round […]

Affordability was the biggest issue in the 2025 off-year elections. In various forms, affordability played a major role in the winning state campaigns of center-left candidates such as Govs.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). It also propelled a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, to the leadership of the largest U.S. […]

Utah‘s Republican-led legislature is set to convene a special session on Dec. 9 to review a judge’s ruling on congressional maps. The state’s congressional districts have been in legal limbo since 2018, when voters approved Proposition 4, which created an independent redistricting commission. The move comes amid a redistricting feud that has exploded into a […]